It's all a political show. The country needs protection from the big bad guys dressed like bison. Idiots.
Actually, it does. Various right wing and right wing militia groups attacked the Capitol. These groups include the 3 per centers, the oath keepers, proud boys, W radicals, along with some neo nazi elements. The problem with these groups is that have grown through the MAGA network and now they are strong, emboldened and talking to each other. It seems like there is a lot of denialism on the right about this.
The people who are brainwashed cultists. Its all very damned of you do and damned if you don't, its not just the POTUS but most if Congress and Senate are there and they are nervous. So you do and Trump is still president who has given up leading, now he is looting. This is a dangerous inauguration as there are potentially hundreds who would work together to attack this event. Scataphagos has never seen combat, he was stationed in Japan and Korea on air bases during Vietnam. His assignment was possibly checking the quality of poisons sprayed on women and kids or something (his role was some kind of biologist he says) he does not understand that yes, you have to push the cordon way way back.